# New Safety rules for Fishing Vessels

**URL:** <https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/new-safety-rules-for-fishing-vessels/56620>\
**Category:** Commercial Fishing\
**Created:** [September 6, 2020, 3:01pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/new-safety-rules-for-fishing-vessels/56620 "2020-09-06T15:01:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2020, 3:01pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/new-safety-rules-for-fishing-vessels/56620/1 "2020-09-06T15:01:44Z")

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IMO, ILO and FAO issues new fishing vessel safety publication:  
[https://en.portnews.ru/news/301230/](https://en.portnews.ru/news/301230/)

Don’t know if this will affect US fishing vessels. (??)

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**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2020, 2:09pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/new-safety-rules-for-fishing-vessels/56620/2 "2020-09-12T14:09:23Z")

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Here is a fishing vessel that is following the rules:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/2/8/280c393cbf024406c2f17bc6ec6f99f4beb345d0.jpeg)

F/V Senior returning from the fishing grounds in the Barents Sea with a good catch of Caplin some years ago.

PS\> She is now registered in Morocco and catching Horse Mackerel off the coast of Mauritania.